Constituency
98. Challakere
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-CHALLAKERE
BJP 36.0%won by 0.2%INC 35.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 0.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 17.0% to 36.0% of the vote here (+19.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 71.8% of the vote between them, up from 56.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,18,275
Margin
289
0.24%
Candidates
7 contested · winner BJP- 1THIPPESWAMYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP42,59136.0%
- 2SHASHI KUMARIndian National Congress · INC42,30235.8%
- 3P.THIPPESWAMY(P.T.)Janata Dal (Secular) · JDS23,77720.1%
- 4DR.OBANNA.K.POOJARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,9383.3%
- 5SANNA SURAIAHIndependent · IND2,6722.3%
- 6G.BHAGIRATHI NAYAKAJanata Dal (United) · JDU1,8041.5%
- 7B.OBANNAIndependent · IND1,1911.0%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +23.2%
- BJP share
- 17.0% → 36.0%
- INC share
- 40.0% → 35.8%
- Turnout
- — → —